ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: TYECIA POWELL AND SUSAN COMFORT
Tyecia Powell and Susan Comfort are the co-founders of Nonprofit Wellness, an organization dedicated to improving employee well-being & retention at schools and nonprofits in DC and nationwide. What CityBridge program did you participate in? Design Residency, Ventures, 2020-2021 What was the most impactful or meaningful part of participating in CityBridge programming? Ty: For me,…
PROMISING PRACTICE: DESIGNING FOR EQUITY – THREE STEPS TO CONDUCTING EMPATHY INTERVIEWS
By Jim Kline We know that it is easy for equity to go out the window when designers are busy and feel the urgency of deadlines. In our incubator, we intentionally coach our participants to slow down and listen. The radical act of practicing empathy and seeking to understand the true problem at hand makes…
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: RENNIE M. TAYLOR
Read our interview below with Rennie M. Taylor, Assistant Principal at Stuart-Hobson Middle School. What CityBridge program did you participate in? Design Fellowship in the fall of 2020 What was the most impactful or meaningful part of participating in CityBridge programming? Design Fellowship exposed my team to new tools and methods to support the social…
PROMISING PRACTICE: MAKE THE INVISIBLE VISIBLE WITH A THEORY OF CHANGE
By Andrew Plemmons Pratt Whether you are creating a new program, launching a new school, or transforming an existing school, the CityBridge Incubator helps teams design and scale innovative and equity-centered education solutions. But to solve a problem, it is important to know what you are currently doing, and most importantly why. One powerful tool…
Meet our 2021 Design Residency cohort
We are excited to introduce you to our 2021 Design Residency cohort, a group of social entrepreneurs with vision, commitment, and drive to reimagine our education system and bring to market transformational education solutions. Over a six-month period, our entrepreneurs will receive customized coaching, tools, and financial support to launch innovative education ventures and schools. It…
We are helping organizations start tutoring hubs in their communities
High-impact tutoring is a proven solution to accelerate student learning and improve well-being. In a collective effort to increase access to this research-backed approach for our most vulnerable students, CityTutor DC is helping community organizations add high-impact tutoring to their services in the 2021-22 school year. Partner organizations selected to start a CityTutor Hub will receive funding to create…
We kicked off our second Design Sprint.
Over a 5-week period, we are working with 11 additional schools across DC to integrate high-impact tutoring into the school day. Our Design Sprint coaches will help school leaders think creatively and flexibly about activating tutoring as a strategy to accelerate student achievement in early literacy (1st-3rd) and middle grades math (6th-8th). If you are a…
DC Wildflower received conditional charter approval and plans to open in 2022!
We are excited to announce that the DC Public Charter School Board (PCSB) conditionally approved the launch of our incubated school, DC Wildflower last night! Through a liberatory and identity-affirming learning environment, DC Wildflower will provide students across the city with a high-quality Montessori education. Unfortunately, Capital Experience Lab (CapX)—our other incubated school that applied…
We are showcasing our entrepreneurs’ ventures. Join us.
This Thursday, April 22, the three teams from our 2020-2021 Design Residency: Ventures program will showcase their ventures to a virtual panel of community and funder evaluators. Afterward, we will host a 30-minute meet-and-greet for guests to ask questions and learn more about these emerging education solutions. If you haven’t already, register here.
Our 2021 Design Fellowship application is now live.
We are now accepting applications for our fall 2021 Design Fellowship. This four-month immersive fellowship will help school-based and non-school-based educators design and scale right-sized pilot solutions. Learn more and apply by May 7.